Escape (1940)
- Directed by
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An American travels to Nazi Germany just before World War II. He learns his mother is imprisoned in a concentration camp and attempts to rescue her.
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What happens
Escape is a 1940 American drama film about an American in pre-World War II Nazi Germany who discovers his mother is in a concentration camp and tries desperately to free her. It starred Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt and Nazimova. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Grace Zaring Stone. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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